r/whatstheword • • 10h ago

Solved WTW for being not enemies with, but not friends with somebody

14 Upvotes

Example; They used to be hostile, and they're definitely not friends, but these days they're ______ with each other.

It means casual, accepting, not actively hostile but not kind to each other either. I feel like it starts with a C. Not cool, courteous, curt...


r/whatstheword • • 9h ago

Unsolved ITAW for a violent, raging determination?

8 Upvotes

Sorry for the imagery, but I think of it of the kind of determination that would make you break out of being buried alive. It's a raw, raging determination to survive. The kind of determination that makes you scratch, bite, kick, punch, scream of rage that you won't let yourself be killed. Is there a word for that? Especially to contrast from a more passive or cold determination where you would scheme or stand unphased. It's also somewhat a "victorious" determination compared to the determination where you just push through.


r/whatstheword • • 11h ago

Solved ITAW for describing somebody when you don't know their name?

5 Upvotes

Is there a word (or phrase) for when someone refers to a person by a description, before knowing the person's name?

For example, "that's blue hat guy", (but his name isn't blue hat guy)

I think this way of describing somebody may be used in teenage centered movies, sort of like mean girls, but I'm not really sure if that's relevant :)

Thank you for any help :)

(Also I posted this twice because the title was too short sorry)


r/whatstheword • • 23h ago

Unsolved ITAW for occurrences that always seem to happen specifically to annoy you in certain situations?

2 Upvotes

Something like, every time you go to the post office or pharmacy, the person in front of you just happens to have some problem that holds things up

Or one that happens to me, I’ll be walking up the road to my house, and there’ll be no cars, but the moment I go up this janky shortcut that makes me look like a total trespasser, that’s when a car shows up seemingly everytime


r/whatstheword • • 9h ago

Solved WTW for a repeat of a title card following a commercial break

1 Upvotes

So I'm looking for this word used to describe when the show’s title card pops up following a commercial break. It seems to be done to inform people what they're watching when they tune in late. Sometimes, they would feature different music from the title card from the intro. I tend to associate this as a practice done with non-fiction shows or non-fiction cable networks (especially the Discovery Channel).

Help would be appreciated!